kMO, Poster

Dependency in any form is eventually going to become a detrimental habit. As a nation we depend on certain things to facilitate our tasks. Today, it would be nearly impossible to find someone whose life hasn’t been altered or affected by technology.

Poster refers to the progress we are making in the virtual reality device sectors of our internet. To be completely honest, THAT TERRIFIES ME. The game “Second Life” scares me out of my mind. The thought that there is an entire world mimicking the one we currently live in is for lack of better words, out of this world. I mean who is to say that warfare and murder existing online (with people under the influence that they are playing against real people in real-life places) is not actually a form of murder. Yes, I understand that technology connects people from around the world but is it possible that we are taking things too far…

The term “virtual reality” bothers me. Poster talks about the fact that “movements in virtual reality are not quite the same as movements in “old reality”: For example one can fly or go through walls since the material constraints of earth need not apply.” That statement in itself is more than enough proof that there really isn’t that much “reality” to the virtual world. I am not so naive to believe that people don’t find pleasure in removing themselves from the "real life." I’ll admit, I do it too sometimes but I can still find my way back into reality...However, there is an alarmingly high number of people who simply find themselves stuck in the virtual world…